Rack.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

3. BOYLE.

RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1907.

lNVENTOfi' mac ATTORNEYS I 702222 fiayie W/TIVESSES unrrnn s rirrns Ans anion.

JOHN BOYLE, OF NEW YORK. N. Y. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL T. WILSON, OF

' NEW YORK-N. Y.

RACK.

No. scenes.

T 0 all whomv it may concern:

Be it known that l, J OHN BOYLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of'the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in racks or rails ada ted to be secured to the back of a chair, to the wall, or to any other suitable stationary body and serve to sup ort coats, wraps or other garments and thelike.

The device is so constructed that the rail or rack bar may be held'in an extended position ready for use, or may be lowered to a position closely adjacent the chair back or other body to which the device is secured. The rail or rack being adjust able is especially useful in trains, carriages, automobiles, churches, assembly halls, or other places wherechairs or seats are placed in front of each'other,'and where it is desired to remove the wraps and support the same from the back of the chair or seat directly in front.

The rack may be normally left in its lowered position so as not to obstruct the passage in any way, and when it is desired to use the same it may be readily moved to an extended position and firmly support garments.

The device is also adapted for use in houses or oflices, and serves to support towels, newspapers, robes, or hangings of any kind, and may be constructed of sufficient strength to suppprt any desired weight.

T e invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, all of which will be full set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rack in its extended osition; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the rac in its lowered or depending position; and Fig. 3 is. a sectional detail showing the construction of the trunnion. and bearing therefor. i

In the s ecific form of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, I provide two bearings 10 and 11 in a linenient with each other and adapted to be rigidly Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1907. Serial No. 372,379.

Patented May 5, 1908.

secured to any suitable support, as, for. instance, the back ofa chair. The bearings have preferably cast integral therewith flanges 12 having screw holes by which the bearings may be readily secured in place. lnthe drawings I have illustrated a bar 13 as constituting the stationary support, and

the bearin s as being rovided with flanges 14 screwed thereto, a though it is evident that the flanges may be of any form Whatsoever to adapt them to the body in connection with which my improved rack is employed. Each ofthe bearings is closed at the inner end and open at the outer end, and Within the bearings are mounted the trunnions 15 and 16 of the main garment supporting rack 17.

The rack may be of any form desired, but is preferably straight throughout the major portion of its length and provided with curved portions 18 connecting it to the trunnions 15 and 16. The two trunnions arein alinement with each other and face inwardly from the curved portions 18.

To hold the rack in its extended or its depending position, I provide both of the bearings 10 and 11 with double bayonet'slots 19. These slots are substantially U-shaped and the two parallel portions of each slot extend lengthwise of the bearings while' the cross portion runs circumferentially. Each of the trunnions is provided with a pin 20extending radially therefrom and through the bayonet slot. The trunnions are longitudinally movable in the bearings and the pins may be caused to travel t-hroughout'the entire length of their respective slot-s by moving the trunnions longitudinally and rotating the same. For holding the pins in the ends of the slots, I provide one of the bearings, preferably the bearing 10, with a coil s ring 21 within the bearing and engaging wit the closed end thereof and with the end of the corresponding trunnion 15, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. v V

In Fig. 1 the rack is illustrated in its outer or extended position and with the same securely locked in place by the engagement of the pins in the ends of the slots. In order to lower the rack bar the entire bar is moved longitudinally by pressing on the end of the trunnion 15, and when-the pin has been moved a sufficient distance the rack may be moved to a position closely ad'acent the chair backor other-supporting body, and

upon releasing the rack the pin enters the lower horizontally disposed portion ofthe slot and securely and rigidlyholds therack in its lowered position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

1. A rack, comprising two stationary bearings in alinement with eachother, a rack bar having trunnions rigid therewith and in alineinent with each other, said 'trunnions being rotatably and longitudinally movable within said bearings; one of said bearings being rovided with a slot having two longitudina ly-extending1 portions and the corresponding trunnion ing rojection adapted to enter either of said two on itu dinallfy-extending portions to hold the rac in either of two positions, and a spring in engagement with one of said. bear ings and the corresponding trunnion for holding the projection within one of the longitudinally extendingportions of the slot.

2. A rack, comprising two stationary hearings in alinement with each other, a rack bar having trunnions in alinement with each other and substantially parallel to said rack bar' but out of alinement therewith, said trunnions being rotatably and longitudinally aving a radially-extendmovable within said bearings, and said coacting trunnions and bearings having bayonet joint connections for holding the rack in either one of two positions, and a coil ing rotatably and longitudinally movable within said bearings, said bearings having double bayonet slots, and said trunnions having radially extending pins in enga ement with said slots to hold the rack in eit er one of two ositions, and a coil spring within one of said earings and in engagement with the end of the corresponding trunnion for hold ing the pin in either extremity of the bayonet slot.

In testimony whereof I have signed my .name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

' JOHN BOYLE. Witnesses:

WM. P. NIEBRUGGE,

' J. E. BUTLER. 

